Just curious if anyone else has heard of the rapper A-1? I only recently started listening to him over the last few months, and I can say that I still enjoy listening to his work. I personally highly recommend his work to just about anyone, you may like some, you may not, but it's certainly all worth a listen.
Also since he's only released mixtapes all his work is also free to anyone, but his music has great beats, awesome flow and is certainly worth at least a look. Songs I personally recommend, as I have them playing probably the most are Breathing, All That!, Youthblood, Get Em, Please Come Back and Circulate.
The segment below is a quote from the bio on his homepage.
Adam Rashid Traore
Better known by his stage name, A-1 is a first generation American rapper from the San Francisco Bay Area. Born and raised in the Mission District of San Francisco by two immigrant parents, A-1 was introduced to an extreme diversity of culture from a young age. Growing up in a working class family, and being exposed to so many walks of life helped define A-1's open-minded and charismatic nature, as well as added to his creative and artistic abilities
He's released 4 mixtapes, all of which are available on his website as a free download [LINK]
Keep Coastin' - 2009
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1.Intro 00:01
2.Mic-elangelo 02:38
3.Real Music 101 02:55
4.Don't Turn Around 02:35
5.Keep Coastin' 02:27
6.Apocalypse 02:49
7.Pain 02:47
8.I'm Broke 02:55
9.Easy 02:04
10.Please Come Back 02:40
11.Excuse Me Miss (Skit) 00:50
12.Change Ya Mind 02:58
13.Love 02:41
14.Get Em 03:52
15.Just to Be Free 02:13
16.What About Me 05:05
A-One Man Army (Produced by WooStaar) - 2010
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1.Without A Trace 04:57
2.Fortress From The Ground 03:15
3.Standing On A Cloud 03:01
4.One Man Army 03:53
5.Scatter Brain 02:37
6.Surprise 03:32
7.Oh She... 01:08
8.Just Wanna... 02:06
9.Directing Traffic 03:07
10.When Down is Up 03:14
11.I'm Sick With... 01:20
12.Swag Flu (H1-A1) 04:19
13.Make Room 03:07
14.Hunger 03:48
15.So Much For Yesterday 04:57
After-School Special - 2010
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1.Intro 01:03
2.Price is Right 02:17
3.Charizard 03:01
4.All That! 03:45
5.Family Matters 03:14
6.Black Ranger 02:21
7.Golden Girls 04:17
8.LeVar Burton 03:18
9.Goosebumps 04:41
10.Doug (Funnie Bitch) 03:24
The Book of Adam - 2011
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1.On My Way (Exposition) ft Chantelle Tibbs 02:19
2.Tina Turner 03:16
3.My Name is Adam 03:56
4.Cough Cool (Conflict) 03:24
5.Youth Blood 03:52
6.The Book Of Adam (Thesis) 04:01
7.Breathing ft Emily Fox 03:20
8.Hey Now 03:04
9.Dammit This is Clean (Char Siu Bao aka Davin's Theme aka BrownTown) 03:35
10.You Say (Pimps) ft Big Sir 03:25
11.I Just Wanna Part II (Sure Shot) 03:01
12.Resolution 00:37
13.Circulate 02:49
14.Winning 03:02
Links:
A-1 - Youthblood - :LINK:
A-1 - Breathing - :LINK:
